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Panzer Commander Hermann Balck: Germany’s Master Tactician

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On the river Chir (in the beginning in region Petrovka, and then in region the sovkhoz 79) von Mellenthin for the first time has seen, how the Red Army is at war. The impressions from these unforgettable meetings with Russian on a battlefield von Mellenthin has told at the end of the chapter "And Quiet Flows the Don", in the special paragraph "The First impressions about tactics Russian ".

The commander of German forces in Budapest was SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, 56, who previously had com- By 16 December 1942, 11th Panzer Division was prepared to advance the next day across the Don River as part of German Operation Wintergewitter - "Winter Storm" -- the relief of Stalingrad. [32]In some hours it became empty in Nizhne-Chirskaja. Were cleared carriageway roads. I have transferred the colonel Selle command by an army headquarters and have charged him to transfer an army headquarters to Tormosin, and itself have remained in Nizhne-Chirskaja. Now my main task was to extract anti-tank guns, artillery, mortars and tanks for battle groups. Without this weapon they could not render the opponent of serious resistance. I already early in the morning by phone have commanded to our workshops in Tormosin all repaired guns, tanks and machine guns as soon as possible, not later than evening, to deliver in Nizhne-Chirskaja. Really, in second half of day the first guns began to act. The colonel Selle, having arrived in Tormosin, has vigorously supported this action. He has clean taken out literally all from workshops, has forced repair groups to work day and night and almost daily delivered the weapon and an ammunition.

The commandant of station Chir any more does not answer. My linear patrols informing, that in a direction of the railway there is a strong rifle and machine-gun firing. While I yet do not know details. Operative group Mikosh has sent investigation to station Chir. Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan (2009). To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1630-5. By December, 16 advance Hoth's parties have left to the river Aksaj-Esaulovskiy. Now them the distance less separated from 6-th army than 65 km, and we have put 11-th Panzer Division a task to force on December, 17 Don and to start to come in a southeast direction for support of a troops of the left flank of army Hoth (on actions by the Army Gotha I shall stop in detail in the following chapter) Under the auspices of the Director of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense, The BDM Corporation hosted a conference an tactical warfare during the period 19 to 22 May 1980.

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The Corps consisted of a division commanded by a certain Colonel Adam. The Colonel had been in charge of officer personnel records of the Sixth Army which was encircled at STALINGRAD. He happened to have been in the rear when the Sixth Army was suddenly cut off. His division consisted of a motley crew of train soldiers, supply units, men going on or returning from leaves, road and bridge construction engineers, police, gendarmerie, railway operating units, etc. Their officers were likewise somewhat of a motley bunch. The units which had been organized over night had but little fighting value. They were neither trained nor equipped for major action, nor did they have the necessary heavy weapons and signal communications equipment. Yet, they had fought well so far, although the cold made their sufferings more acute than that of other, regular units. Lieutenant General Paul Gorman, USA, J5 (Plans and Policy), Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Gorman formerly commanded the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized) in V Corps and was one of the authors of the US Army's tactical doctrine as set forth in FM 100-5, Operations.

In the beginning of December more to the left of my battle group the 336-n infantry division has taken position. Besides to me have subordinated some companies of an airfield division (LFD). They have been excellently armed and equipped, and the main thing - at them was of what our soldiers most of all dreamed: winter regimentals. Clearly, that the mood of my infantrymen could not improve, when they have seen all these heaps fur coats, fur waistcoats, fur caps, valenki, winter warm mittens, padded cotton wool of camouflage suits with which soldiers of the air forces which are taking place under protection of Goering have been supplied. In addition still they have cut a poor figure in fight. The majority of officers kept arrogantly though had no any representation about operations of an infantry.The staff officer has reported to me on arrival of the heavy weapon from Tormosin: two antiaircraft guns of calibre 8,8 cm, four howitzers of calibre 10,5 cm and four anti-tank guns of calibre 5,5 cm. Next day there should arrive tanks. The mood at me has risen: if we will be supported also with an army group, we shall stop the opponent. As the German war effort collapsed in 1945, a seasoned Wehrmacht commander in Budapest battled Waffen-SS leaders as well as the Soviets You know, Adam, that general - major Besler several days ago has accepted 14-n Panzer Division. However today he has submitted the official report about illness, has declared, that his old illness of heart has become aggravated. He asks of the sanction to return home. I have agreed. The commander who at such situation reports about illness, is unsuitable and is a burden for army.

Schmidt was sure, that... the opponent can be broken in open fight, and has presented Pauljus offers which he developed together with the chief of an operations section. The offer were reduced to the following. Naturally, this night in an army headquarters anybody also did not think of dream. All chiefs of departments have collected at Schmidt. Without any attributes of internal excitement he has explained new conditions to the west of Don, having completed the following words:

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Promoted to colonel he was sent to Greece on 5th March 1942 and his 3rd Panzer Unit took Salonika on 9th April. Given command of the 11th Panzer Division he fought in the Soviet Union and on 20th December 1942 received the Oakleaves for action in the Caucasus and in November 1943 was promoted to head of the 48th Panzer Corps. In 1957 von Mellenthin's memoirs have been translated to Russian. In the USSR they were released by publishing house "Voenizdat" (Military publishing house).

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